Bloody awesome camera work my friend -- I've got to ask, what kind of camera/lens setup are you using?

Unfortunately this is one of the many side effects of getting Fark'd. You'll get a large influx of new users/commentors, some with good feedback, some with bad feedback, and some who just like to bash on everything.

However, back to the relevant point at hand:

TheEnder talked above about how Open Source means we'd be revealing sensitive concepts (waveforms, combat ID information) to everyone -- not the case. A lot of what is developed on a military level can be open sourced and not have any impact on the sensitive things -- the flaw is human error, not the policy of Open Source. If someone in the DOD lacks the neccessary brain cells to realize "hey, if we release SpecificPieceOfSoftwareV1.0 to the public, then they'll know all of our top secret combat formations!" that isn't part of the Open Source problem. Again, as I mentioned above -- the base model of the code can be released to the public with the sensitivities stripped out and it would still be of benefit.

Sorry -- my last comment was cut short due to an issue trying to post.

Reposting full message below:
The thing is Colin, you're close to right on the 85%. Most of the software development done by the military -isn't- security sensitive. The things that are security sensitive aren't being laid out to people on a regular basis -- military personnel get bits and pieces over time; what they need to know.

So that 85% (I'd wager it's likely close to 75%) are things the public domain could benefit from, if not directly than indirectly. Imagine releasing an entire software development platform that the miltiary's had locked away for years; a whole new language/menthodology/etc -- they only need to release the base model, no secure data, no secure code, just a base model. That base model could revolutionize the way program development, systems analysis and design/implementation are handled -- and what would it cost? Nothing.

That's right, the mil could drop the thing online (I'm thinking in a manner similiar to SourceForge) and let the public take what they wanted from it without ever risking security.

There's a whole world of technology, both hard and soft, that the military keeps locked up from the public - but they're doing themselves and the rest of the world a major disservice by not releasing it.